The National Objective Programme on Cultural is providing 2 billion VND is a supplementary capital for a project to upgrade Mong Phu temple – a national historical and cultural relic site in the Duong Lam ancient village of Son Tay town, the northern province of Ha Tay.
Writer Le Minh Khue will travel to the Republic of Korea on April 25 to receive a prize named after great writer Lee Byeong-ju for her book entitled The Stars, the Earth, the River published in the US by Curbstone Press.
A Vietnam Cultural Festival will take place in Tokyo, Japan this September. The event is jointly initiated by managers, researchers, scholars and artists of Vietnam and Japan at a recent forum on Vietnam-Japan Cultural Exchange in Hanoi.
Organizers of the Miss Universe 2008 contest to be held in Nha Trang next July announced the names of the first official sponsors at a press briefing in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday.